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'''''Real World Apple Guide''''' by '''Jesse Feiler''', M&T Books, a division of MIS:Press (a subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company), New York, 1995. The scan is '''417 pages'''.
'''''Real World Apple Guide''''' is a 1995 book by Jesse Feiler, published by M&T Books, a division of MIS:Press (a subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company), New York. ISBN 1-55851-429-5; Library of Congress card number 95-1878.<ref name="tp">Jesse Feiler, ''Real World Apple Guide'' (M&T Books, 1995), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 2-3).</ref> The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xix, 411 pages.<ref name="ol">Open Library, [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1270683M ''Real world Apple Guide'', record OL1270683M], from Library of Congress catalogue data (QA76.8.M3 F45 1995). Retrieved 2026-09-30.</ref>


== What it covers ==
The book explains how to write help for Apple Guide, the task-based assistance system in System 7.5 and later: writing guide files in Guide Script with Guide Maker (access windows, panels, coach marks, sequences, context checks and events), adding Apple Guide support to applications through its API, OpenDoc and MacApp, adding it to HyperCard stacks, 4th Dimension databases and word-processor documents, and localising guides.<ref name="toc" /><ref name="tp" /> It was sold with a CD-ROM.<ref>Feiler, ''Real World Apple Guide'', Acknowledgments (PDF pp. 6-7).</ref>
Writing help for Macintosh applications using '''Apple Guide''', the context-sensitive help
system introduced with System 7.5. The copyright page notes that "Apple Guide requires System 7.5 or
later".


== This is not a repair source ==
== Contents ==
This is a '''programming''' book. It contains '''no schematics, no parts lists, no component values,
Page numbers are from the book's contents list.<ref name="toc">Feiler, ''Real World Apple Guide'', Table of Contents, pp. ix-xix (PDF pp. 10-20).</ref>
no voltages, no connector pinouts and no service procedures''', and nothing in it should be cited for
* Introduction, p. 1
a hardware figure. Apple's software documentation and its compiler manuals describe the machine as
* Part 1: What Is Apple Guide?
the programmer sees it, which is not the machine the technician sees.
** Chapter 1: What Is Apple Guide?, p. 13
** Chapter 2: Apple Guide Concepts and Definitions, p. 29
** Chapter 3: Accessing Apple Guide, p. 49
** Chapter 4: Apple Guide and Other Types of Assistance, p. 65
* Part 2: Creating Guide Files with Guide Maker
** Chapter 5: About Guide Script and Guide Maker, p. 69
** Chapter 6: Setting Up Guide Files, p. 75
** Chapter 7: Access Windows, p. 89
** Chapter 8: Panels I: Contents, p. 119
** Chapter 9: Panels II: Coach Marks, p. 143
** Chapter 10: Panels III: Controls, p. 165
** Chapter 11: Sequences I: Definitions and Controls, p. 181
** Chapter 12: Sequences II: Conditions and Context Checks, p. 193
** Chapter 13: Sequences III: Events, p. 223
** Chapter 14: Mixins, p. 243
** Chapter 15: Using Guide Maker and Organizing Source Files, p. 253
* Part 3: Creating and Modifying Applications to Use Apple Guide
** Chapter 16: When to Create and Modify Applications to Use Apple Guide, p. 259
** Chapter 17: The Apple Guide API, p. 265
** Chapter 18: OpenDoc and Apple Guide, p. 295
** Chapter 19: MacApp and Apple Guide, p. 299
* Part 4: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions and Content
** Chapter 20: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions, p. 325
** Chapter 21: The Apple Guide Core Suite of Events, p. 327
** Chapter 22: Adding Apple Guide to HyperCard Stacks, p. 345
** Chapter 23: Adding Apple Guide to 4th Dimension, p. 359
** Chapter 24: Adding Apple Guide to WordPerfect or Microsoft Word, p. 365
** Chapter 25: Adding Apple Guide to Content, p. 375
* Part 5: Reaching Out to the World: Localization and Windows Help
** Chapter 26: Apple Guide and Windows Help, p. 383
** Chapter 27: Localizing Apple Guide, p. 391
* Index, p. 399


For hardware data use:
== What this book does not contain ==
* [[:Category:Apple Service Source|Apple Service Source]] &mdash; Apple's own service manuals, module
It is a software book. It has no hardware, service or repair material; Apple's repair documentation is in [[:Category:Apple Service Source]]. The hosted scan is 417 PDF pages including the covers; the CD-ROM is not included.
  level: specifications, symptom charts, take-apart and module part numbers
* Apple's '''Developer Notes''' &mdash; the one class of Apple developer document that ''does'' carry
  rail currents, expansion-slot power budgets and connector pinouts. Several are held here, for
  example [[Macintosh IIci Developer Note]], [[Macintosh IIsi Developer Note]] and
  [[Macintosh LC 475 and Quadra 605 Developer Note]].
* [[Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets]] and [[The Dead Mac Scrolls]] &mdash; component-level, for
  the compact Macs


 
== Related titles on this wiki ==
== Related documents held here ==
* [[Apple Guide Complete 1995]]
* [[Apple Guide Complete 1995]]
* [[Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995]]
* [[Apple Guide Starter Kit 1995]]
* [[The Tao of AppleScript 1993]]


<pdf> File:Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf </pdf>
<pdf> File:Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf </pdf>


Download: [[:File:Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf|Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf]] (117.9 MB)
Download: [[:File:Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf|Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf]] (118 MB)
 
== References ==
<references />


[[Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]
[[Category:Apple Programming Documentation]]

Latest revision as of 18:48, 30 September 2026

Real World Apple Guide is a 1995 book by Jesse Feiler, published by M&T Books, a division of MIS:Press (a subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company), New York. ISBN 1-55851-429-5; Library of Congress card number 95-1878.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xix, 411 pages.[2]

The book explains how to write help for Apple Guide, the task-based assistance system in System 7.5 and later: writing guide files in Guide Script with Guide Maker (access windows, panels, coach marks, sequences, context checks and events), adding Apple Guide support to applications through its API, OpenDoc and MacApp, adding it to HyperCard stacks, 4th Dimension databases and word-processor documents, and localising guides.[3][1] It was sold with a CD-ROM.[4]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[3]

  • Introduction, p. 1
  • Part 1: What Is Apple Guide?
    • Chapter 1: What Is Apple Guide?, p. 13
    • Chapter 2: Apple Guide Concepts and Definitions, p. 29
    • Chapter 3: Accessing Apple Guide, p. 49
    • Chapter 4: Apple Guide and Other Types of Assistance, p. 65
  • Part 2: Creating Guide Files with Guide Maker
    • Chapter 5: About Guide Script and Guide Maker, p. 69
    • Chapter 6: Setting Up Guide Files, p. 75
    • Chapter 7: Access Windows, p. 89
    • Chapter 8: Panels I: Contents, p. 119
    • Chapter 9: Panels II: Coach Marks, p. 143
    • Chapter 10: Panels III: Controls, p. 165
    • Chapter 11: Sequences I: Definitions and Controls, p. 181
    • Chapter 12: Sequences II: Conditions and Context Checks, p. 193
    • Chapter 13: Sequences III: Events, p. 223
    • Chapter 14: Mixins, p. 243
    • Chapter 15: Using Guide Maker and Organizing Source Files, p. 253
  • Part 3: Creating and Modifying Applications to Use Apple Guide
    • Chapter 16: When to Create and Modify Applications to Use Apple Guide, p. 259
    • Chapter 17: The Apple Guide API, p. 265
    • Chapter 18: OpenDoc and Apple Guide, p. 295
    • Chapter 19: MacApp and Apple Guide, p. 299
  • Part 4: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions and Content
    • Chapter 20: Adding Apple Guide to Custom Solutions, p. 325
    • Chapter 21: The Apple Guide Core Suite of Events, p. 327
    • Chapter 22: Adding Apple Guide to HyperCard Stacks, p. 345
    • Chapter 23: Adding Apple Guide to 4th Dimension, p. 359
    • Chapter 24: Adding Apple Guide to WordPerfect or Microsoft Word, p. 365
    • Chapter 25: Adding Apple Guide to Content, p. 375
  • Part 5: Reaching Out to the World: Localization and Windows Help
    • Chapter 26: Apple Guide and Windows Help, p. 383
    • Chapter 27: Localizing Apple Guide, p. 391
  • Index, p. 399

What this book does not contain

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It is a software book. It has no hardware, service or repair material; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 417 PDF pages including the covers; the CD-ROM is not included.

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Download: Real_World_Apple_Guide_1995.pdf (118 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jesse Feiler, Real World Apple Guide (M&T Books, 1995), title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 2-3).
  2. ↑ Open Library, Real world Apple Guide, record OL1270683M, from Library of Congress catalogue data (QA76.8.M3 F45 1995). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Feiler, Real World Apple Guide, Table of Contents, pp. ix-xix (PDF pp. 10-20).
  4. ↑ Feiler, Real World Apple Guide, Acknowledgments (PDF pp. 6-7).
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